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Recent Examples of hotheaded
She’s accompanied on her trip by Joel (Wagner Moura), a hotheaded veteran reporter who still gets an adrenaline rush from his work; Jessie (Cailee Spaeny), a cub photographer who idolizes Lee; and Sammy (Stephen McKinley Henderson), a newspaperman taking one last trip before retirement.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2024
The trouble is that your hotheaded intervention didn’t just change your friend’s mind about her post.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Along with Susan Storm other two main characters in the title quartet — Susan’s hotheaded brother Johnny Storm, aka The Human Torch; and Reed’s best friend Ben Grimm, aka The Thing — have yet to be cast.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 15 Nov. 2023
The teenagers are foils to one another, the hotheaded PJ (Sennott) balanced by her shy best friend, Josie (Edebiri).
—Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2024
The trouble is that your hotheaded intervention didn’t just change your friend’s mind about her post.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Along with Susan Storm other two main characters in the title quartet — Susan’s hotheaded brother Johnny Storm, aka The Human Torch; and Reed’s best friend Ben Grimm, aka The Thing — have yet to be cast.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 15 Nov. 2023
The teenagers are foils to one another, the hotheaded PJ (Sennott) balanced by her shy best friend, Josie (Edebiri).
—Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotheaded
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The main lesson of Outer Banks’ Season 4 premiere: A Pogue and his money are soon parted, especially when said Pogue has a boatload of insecurities and tends toward the impetuous.Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2024
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Macron’s weakness for pursuing politically unpopular projects is an expression—understandable on its own terms, if at times impetuous and often misplaced—of the kingly imperative of never being passive, never seeming weak.Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 9 July 2024
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Coy was found guilty by a jury on all three counts: murder, reckless homicide and felonious assault.Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Coy, who was removed from his position in the Columbus Police Department shortly after the incident, faced charges of murder, reckless homicide and other offenses in which he was found guilty on Monday.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Both are forces of nature — Bug in an impulsive sense and Bird in a more literal manner that hints of something otherworldly about his existence.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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The dread of impulsive and cataclysmic decisions in a second Trump term and thousands of federal appointments based on fealty and ideology rather than competence is met on the other side by fears that Vice President Harris won’t make meaningful personnel changes or any new or different decisions.Ryan Craig, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Oz’s decision to close that sewer door could be chalked down to a terrible mistake, the thoughtless actions of a child.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The underlying message: Even someone as thoughtless as Larry is incapable of being as cruel as this legislation.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2024
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After public outrage quashed a brash attempt by Congress to increase member pay by 51% in early 1989, a more modest hike of 10% was passed through The Ethics Reform Act of 1989, signed into law by President George Bush on Nov. 30, 1989.Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Pay gains have slowed considerably since March 2022, a reflection of a rebalancing of supply and demand in the labor market following the pandemic as well as the impacts from the Federal Reserve’s brash increase in interest rates to rein in high inflation.Alicia Wallace, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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The particular state law just keeps doing its thing and rarely gets challenged as somehow wrongful or imprudent.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Additionally, the reality star and entrepreneur is facing charges of negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.Liza Esquibias, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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Generally, men tend to be overconfident investors, whereas women generally are more risk-aware and tend to hold onto their investments, according to Green.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Other patients are overconfident, which could lead to injuries.Matt Fuchs, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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Overshadowing the endorsement was a foolhardy rhetorical flourish that insulted key voting blocs courted by the Republican nominee in his campaign against the Democratic nominee, New York Governor Grover Cleveland.Robert B. Mitchell / Made by History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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An empathy gap is obvious in online commenters who suggest, for example, that flood victims earned their fate through the foolhardy choice to live near water, that earthquake victims shouldn’t have lived near fault lines, and so on.Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Hotheaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotheaded. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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